Official Political Discussion Thread

Michelle Obama made an appearance at the Inbound conference in Boston on Wednesday, participating in an interview conducted in front of attendees. The Boston Globe reports that among her comments was, "Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice."
Really Michelle?!?!

Michelle Obama made an appearance at the Inbound conference in Boston on Wednesday, participating in an interview conducted in front of attendees. The Boston Globe reports that among her comments was, "Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice."
Really Michelle?!?!

Thank you for being willing to voice your opinion. This is important to community health. Unfortunately, the topic of politics tends to lead to animosities among members of a community, and tends to be counter-productive when building a community. Therefore, we have opted to disallow the discussion of politics on our site… oh, wait…

Thank you for being willing to voice your opinion. This is important to community health. Unfortunately, the topic of politics tends to lead to animosities among members of a community, and tends to be counter-productive when building a community. Therefore, we have opted to disallow the discussion of politics on our site… oh, wait…

Sorry. Some habits are hard to break.

You raise a good point @VBMcGB - at a time when the polls show a more or less even split between parties/candidates, I have often wondered the wisdom of some local store owners who put up campaign signs in their windows - is it really worth potentially alienating half of your customers?

I stick with “they all suck” unless I know my audience well and want to debate the specifics of an issue/person. Even then, they still suck!

@gwraigty - exactly! I know it has led to my thinking “well, now I know you’re an idiot.” in the past.

I just don’t see political discourse worth poisoning a relationship - especially at a time when there literally are no “good” choices. It’s the lesser of evils, not who I’m voting for, but who I’m voting against.

…and, no, I’m not dumb enough to go down that path of discussion either!

Thank you for being willing to voice your opinion. This is important to community health. Unfortunately, the topic of politics tends to lead to animosities among members of a community, and tends to be counter-productive when building a community. Therefore, we have opted to disallow the discussion of politics on our site… oh, wait…

Thank you for being willing to voice your opinion. This is important to community health. Unfortunately, the topic of politics tends to lead to animosities among members of a community, and tends to be counter-productive when building a community. Therefore, we have opted to disallow the discussion of politics on our site… oh, wait…

Sorry. Some habits are hard to break.

You raise a good point @VBMcGB - at a time when the polls show a more or less even split between parties/candidates, I have often wondered the wisdom of some local store owners who put up campaign signs in their windows - is it really worth potentially alienating half of your customers?

I stick with “they all suck” unless I know my audience well and want to debate the specifics of an issue/person. Even then, they still suck!

Yeah, we don’t want members of the community caring more about their country than money. Let’s just optimize for money. Better for them to reveal their politics, and you can decide. Saying politicians suck is just an easy way to disassociate yourself from the problem. Sometimes government isn’t easy, and leaving it to people you think suck to make decision for you, doesn’t seem like a good decision.

“We will not rest, however, until the people of Puerto Rico are safe.”

3 weeks later. . .

“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing in P.R. forever!”

Moron.

Funny how they act like the response was slow, yet the Governor said from the start the power would be out for months. Yet the metric CNN & MSNBC use to criticize is how slow the power is coming back. Yet, FEMA has said from the start the reason the percentage of power back is low is because they prioritized getting power back to hospitals and critical infrastructure first to save lives. When there are 45 to 81 people died from the hurricane in a population of 3.4 million , they died from the hurricane impact, not from starvation or dehydration. It’s hard to die of starvation in a week when people can survive for weeks without food, and all the store shelves of food & water in Puerto Rico were bought out before the storm, so I’m to believe that food doesn’t still exist in the community anymore? So, what were the people going to eat that week if there was no hurricane? cause they got all the food from the store before hand.

@gwraigty - exactly! I know it has led to my thinking “well, now I know you’re an idiot.” in the past.

I just don’t see political discourse worth poisoning a relationship - especially at a time when there literally are no “good” choices. It’s the lesser of evils, not who I’m voting for, but who I’m voting against.

…and, no, I’m not dumb enough to go down that path of discussion either!

But that’s just odd because if a relationship is poisoned from political discourse, then there seems to be something wrong with the person who you’re having the discourse with. You say there are no good choices, but that’s not true. Most the people who actually vote like the candidate they are voting for. Why else would a relationship be poisoned discussing it unless the person really liked their personal choice. No one is getting upset if it’s truly a lesser of evils.

“We will not rest, however, until the people of Puerto Rico are safe.”

3 weeks later. . .

“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing in P.R. forever!”

Moron.

Funny how they act like the response was slow, yet the Governor said from the start the power would be out for months. Yet the metric CNN & MSNBC use to criticize is how slow the power is coming back. Yet, FEMA has said from the start the reason the percentage of power back is low is because they prioritized getting power back to hospitals and critical infrastructure first to save lives. When there are 45 to 81 people died from the hurricane in a population of 3.4 million , they died from the hurricane impact, not from starvation or dehydration. It’s hard to die of starvation in a week when people can survive for weeks without food, and all the store shelves of food & water in Puerto Rico were bought out before the storm, so I’m to believe that food doesn’t still exist in the community anymore? So, what were the people going to eat that week if there was no hurricane? cause they got all the food from the store before hand.

There’s a problem when less than 11% of the people who should have electricity have it right now… 3 weeks after the hurricane.

"I have a witty proverb here to make me look more sophisticated". -KayK

One of the rallying calls of the left on gun control has been to make it more like driving. That gun owners need to be insured was one of the cornerstones of that.

Now that the NRA offers insurance for gun owners, the ban lobby is going after them, calling it “murder insurance” in much the same way they’ve been fighting concealed carry permit reciprocity and making your carry permit from your home state good in all states, just like your driver’s license.

“We will not rest, however, until the people of Puerto Rico are safe.”

3 weeks later. . .

“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing in P.R. forever!”

Moron.

Funny how they act like the response was slow, yet the Governor said from the start the power would be out for months. Yet the metric CNN & MSNBC use to criticize is how slow the power is coming back. Yet, FEMA has said from the start the reason the percentage of power back is low is because they prioritized getting power back to hospitals and critical infrastructure first to save lives. When there are 45 to 81 people died from the hurricane in a population of 3.4 million , they died from the hurricane impact, not from starvation or dehydration. It’s hard to die of starvation in a week when people can survive for weeks without food, and all the store shelves of food & water in Puerto Rico were bought out before the storm, so I’m to believe that food doesn’t still exist in the community anymore? So, what were the people going to eat that week if there was no hurricane? cause they got all the food from the store before hand.

There’s a problem when less than 11% of the people who should have electricity have it right now… 3 weeks after the hurricane.